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Vol. 46 No. 51 Friday, May 9, 1986 Council okays new buildings r. by Loretta Park News Editor WSC has decided to cut four programs from the curriculum. These cuts, along with a proposal to expand the college's facilities were presented to the Institutional Council this week. The decisions now must be approved by the Utah State Board of Regents The welding, cosmetology, construction technology, and clothing and textiles programs will be discontinued. Welding will not be offered after this spring quarter and the other three programs will not be offered after next year. The college is gearing up for next year's legislative session. The Institutional Council approved a proposal to ask the Board of Regents to place the physical education building expansion as the number one priorty. The amount proposed for the physical education building is $9 million, but the Institutional Council approved $6.8 million. The $6.8 million does not include the fees the building board implements, nor does it include escalation costs, according to Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld, WSC president. Dr. William Rolfe Kerr, commissioner of higher education, along with the legislative capital facilities subcommittee, and other members of the Board of Regents will be visiting Weber's campus this week to assess the college's needs. Other buildings on the proposed expansion list include a faculty office building, upgrading the steam plant, a fine arts building and expanding the science building, library and education building. "This is not a solid, concrete list," said Roy C. Nelson, chair of the Institutional Council. "We have to look at this list each year and at the needs of the college . . . but the physical education building has been the number one priorty too long. We really need it." Other projects that will need funding in the next three years are remodeling of annex 3, Building 2 and Building 4. Part of the electrical system of the college has been converted to 12,000 volts, but the rest of the college is still running on 4,160 volts. The college is asking that funds be made availabe to finish the conversion. The college is also asking for funding to re-roof the Dee Events Center. According to Dr. Jerald T. Storey, WSC vice president for business affairs, inspectors have told the college that the building will need a new roof by 1988. , I X Swrifjusl photoOscar Sosa Heave, Heave Greek Week activities got extremely strenuous Monday with the tug of sororities. For more coverage of Greek Week activities see page 7. Greek war. Patty Smyth, Tammy Staper, and Debbie Titmus lead the way for the Week ends on Saturday. Sandinista leader says country is not aligned , TilnAn Cninrn iuVl- ic ctatirnffH Cnninirtn Kir ,--rI-tI-f by Michael J. Tupa Staff Reporter Claiming that his nation is "not going to be a base of the Soviets," a Nicaraguan foreign minister addressed 250 students at Weber State yesterday. Ricardo Spinosa, who is stationed at his country's embassy in Washington D.C., was the convocation speaker in the Austad Auditorium during open hour. Convo chairman Jonathan Wright introduced the speaker and repeated Spinosa's self-characterization as "a 1 I : ) Y I" i ? : i ' 4 S l : ' . ' : . . : p . ' . . -i : . ? i ? . i p::-- . , "if- .---... l - i ' ' .iVi V . - . Nicaraguan foreign minister Ricardo Spinosa told the convocation audience where his country' : pholo Sunn Milcf stands on religious freedom, military alignment, and literacy. Sandinista by conviction and a diplomat by accident." After his introduction and brief speech in which he assailed the United States for "direct military intervention" in Nicaragua, Spinosa opened up the program for questions by the audience. "Due to supplies of arms from the USSR, many people think we are aligned," Spinosa said. However, "we would not allow any foreign power to put bases n our country." Spinosa said there are no Soviet soldiers in Nicaragua, but there are 800 Soviet military advisors. He denied that there was at least one Soviet pilot on a military mission in Nicaragua, as one questioner claimed. "The USSR understands that when the Contra threat is over and the new Nicaraguan threat is over and the new Nicaraguan constitution is put into law, they will have to leave," he said. One questioner asked about the comparison between the Soviet domination of Eastern European nations and the Soviet pressure in Nicaragua. "Our attitude is different than theirs were," Spinosa said, and the Soviets know, "what we are going to do." When asked why the Soviets would supply his nation with so much military (See SI'KAKKR on page 3) Inside . . . Campus update . . . page 8 Classifieds . . . page 1 1 Kdilorials . . . page 4 Kntertainment . . . page 9 News . . . page 2 Sports . . . page 10 Welcome Coach Joan Campbell See page 10 Anchorwoman tells story See page 2

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Vol. 46 No. 51 Friday, May 9, 1986 Council okays new buildings r. by Loretta Park News Editor WSC has decided to cut four programs from the curriculum. These cuts, along with a proposal to expand the college's facilities were presented to the Institutional Council this week. The decisions now must be approved by the Utah State Board of Regents The welding, cosmetology, construction technology, and clothing and textiles programs will be discontinued. Welding will not be offered after this spring quarter and the other three programs will not be offered after next year. The college is gearing up for next year's legislative session. The Institutional Council approved a proposal to ask the Board of Regents to place the physical education building expansion as the number one priorty. The amount proposed for the physical education building is $9 million, but the Institutional Council approved $6.8 million. The $6.8 million does not include the fees the building board implements, nor does it include escalation costs, according to Dr. Stephen D. Nadauld, WSC president. Dr. William Rolfe Kerr, commissioner of higher education, along with the legislative capital facilities subcommittee, and other members of the Board of Regents will be visiting Weber's campus this week to assess the college's needs. Other buildings on the proposed expansion list include a faculty office building, upgrading the steam plant, a fine arts building and expanding the science building, library and education building. "This is not a solid, concrete list," said Roy C. Nelson, chair of the Institutional Council. "We have to look at this list each year and at the needs of the college . . . but the physical education building has been the number one priorty too long. We really need it." Other projects that will need funding in the next three years are remodeling of annex 3, Building 2 and Building 4. Part of the electrical system of the college has been converted to 12,000 volts, but the rest of the college is still running on 4,160 volts. The college is asking that funds be made availabe to finish the conversion. The college is also asking for funding to re-roof the Dee Events Center. According to Dr. Jerald T. Storey, WSC vice president for business affairs, inspectors have told the college that the building will need a new roof by 1988. , I X Swrifjusl photoOscar Sosa Heave, Heave Greek Week activities got extremely strenuous Monday with the tug of sororities. For more coverage of Greek Week activities see page 7. Greek war. Patty Smyth, Tammy Staper, and Debbie Titmus lead the way for the Week ends on Saturday. Sandinista leader says country is not aligned , TilnAn Cninrn iuVl- ic ctatirnffH Cnninirtn Kir ,--rI-tI-f by Michael J. Tupa Staff Reporter Claiming that his nation is "not going to be a base of the Soviets," a Nicaraguan foreign minister addressed 250 students at Weber State yesterday. Ricardo Spinosa, who is stationed at his country's embassy in Washington D.C., was the convocation speaker in the Austad Auditorium during open hour. Convo chairman Jonathan Wright introduced the speaker and repeated Spinosa's self-characterization as "a 1 I : ) Y I" i ? : i ' 4 S l : ' . ' : . . : p . ' . . -i : . ? i ? . i p::-- . , "if- .---... l - i ' ' .iVi V . - . Nicaraguan foreign minister Ricardo Spinosa told the convocation audience where his country' : pholo Sunn Milcf stands on religious freedom, military alignment, and literacy. Sandinista by conviction and a diplomat by accident." After his introduction and brief speech in which he assailed the United States for "direct military intervention" in Nicaragua, Spinosa opened up the program for questions by the audience. "Due to supplies of arms from the USSR, many people think we are aligned," Spinosa said. However, "we would not allow any foreign power to put bases n our country." Spinosa said there are no Soviet soldiers in Nicaragua, but there are 800 Soviet military advisors. He denied that there was at least one Soviet pilot on a military mission in Nicaragua, as one questioner claimed. "The USSR understands that when the Contra threat is over and the new Nicaraguan threat is over and the new Nicaraguan constitution is put into law, they will have to leave," he said. One questioner asked about the comparison between the Soviet domination of Eastern European nations and the Soviet pressure in Nicaragua. "Our attitude is different than theirs were," Spinosa said, and the Soviets know, "what we are going to do." When asked why the Soviets would supply his nation with so much military (See SI'KAKKR on page 3) Inside . . . Campus update . . . page 8 Classifieds . . . page 1 1 Kdilorials . . . page 4 Kntertainment . . . page 9 News . . . page 2 Sports . . . page 10 Welcome Coach Joan Campbell See page 10 Anchorwoman tells story See page 2